• UK rail industry has grown used to failing everyday on accessibility, MPs hear (DisabilityNews) • The weird, colourful postmodern Berlin U-Bahn station architecture (ExBerliner) • The world’s first covered bike path could be made under Berlin’s U-Bahn Line 1 (Reset) • App to help visually impaired navigate chaotic NYC subway stations (Engadget) • SEPTA, Amtrak plan to reconnect their…
Answers And Appropriate Additions Paddington. Well, it has always been called “The Lawn” although it did not remain a proper lawn for very long. The name is now used for the catering and shopping area, There are plenty of places to spend your money whilst waiting for your train! It is officially called The Lawn which must baffle newcomers! Reputedly,…
Polyglot Word for Loriot Wagon? The old GWR had some weird names for its wagons. They weren’t named for fun or to entertain railway enthusiasts (?); they were named to allow telegraph messages to be transmitted in an unambiguous way. So instead if specifying a low sided wagon to carry ballast to a track relaying site, the consist could include…
Taken Aback By Double Stack Confused.com? Where within the UK loading gauge could you ever run a double stack container train? What’s one of them when it is at home anyway? Here is a video of a double stack container train in the good old U S of A – well actually Canada. The video says 220 wagons; fbb counted…
WHY PRODUCT LONGEVITY IS POWERFUL FIRST STEP TOWARDS GREENER WASTE MANAGEMENT For many warehouse and logistics firms, the desire to improve the sustainability of their operations has increased significantly in recent times, and with three quarters of businesses facing pressure from customers to improve their sustainability credentials1, there’s never been a better time to invest in the waste management systems…
• The future stations of HS2 (RailEngineer) • Brits use more water to wash their cars than UK’s major cities combined (MobilityMatters) • German government provides €12.5bn more for rail investment (IntlRailJ) • Chicago’s complex railroad problem (HomeSignal) • LA’s downtown pedway network was to be a people mover precursor (TransitingLA) • Self driving wheelchair developed to move passengers through…
Oops International It woud appear that most news feeds have simply pushed the Swiss Railway press release in German through Google Translate and printed the result. “Faido Interchange” appears in various accounts and the number of “carriages” is variable! The Gotthard “Base” Tunnels (two single track tunnels each 35.5 miles long) opened in 2016 by-passing the old Gotthard pass line…
Partnership P.S. Following on the Nigyh Bus notification by the Glasgow bus non-partnership as explained fully in yesterday’s blog, fbb has found a map of the current (2017???) routes on First’s web site. We can contrast and compare with McGills highly simplified diagram. It appears that six routes have become five. Enquiring minds might wonder why First’s N9 has become…
But First, The Shell “I’ll mett ye at the shell!” For many a long age that was the cry of two Glaswegians seeking to agree an assignation in the centre of the city. The Shell at Glasgow Central Station was recognised by everyone; so much so that on a very early visit to see the future Mrs fbb, your aged…
But First … Thanks to correspondent Peter, we can see more. He was more successful in truffling out (Yikes; fbb has been watching too much Alexander Armstrong on Pointless!) a little more information. The vehicle was built by Ikarus as a one off. It sent most of its working days at the Budapest airport. The idea was that it could…